scrubbing after having spent many
years in a paddock.
Caroline recalls the step-by-step
process that she undertook to bring
the Skyline, that she had aptly named
“Caro-Van”, back to life.
“I started working on the outside first
and got some help from a builder friend
to cut off and replace some of the rotten
ply from around the bottom skirt. This
was actually quite a fiddly job. While
he was doing that, we also replaced the
tires and I used ‘Kill Rust’ to deal with
the surface rust around the wheels and
chassis. I also had to cut away peeling
paint and reseal the edging on the ply
sides as well as leveling (due to all the
different layers of paint) and reseal
around all the windows. These jobs
were huge and took way longer than I
expected. It took me two whole weeks
just to cut away the glue and seal that
went between the ply and aluminum
sides!” Caroline tells us.
As the cold Tasmanian winter rains
blew in, the restoration focus moved
from the outside to the inside. All
of the windows were resealed from
the inside and Caroline had a builder
friend replace one part of the interior
wall that had been water damaged and
had rot in it. The builder also installed
new cupboard and wardrobe doors
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